Medication could end a child's life
There are more than four million children in the United States with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD (Carey, 2016) who need to be medicated, but medication doesn't help, these kids can use different ways to treat their ADHD. Kids with ADHD aren't just immature. To be diagnosed with ADHD they must clearly be outside of range with other kids their age. They must seriously impaired these kids who are distressed, not because of bad parenting or poor teaching but because their brains work differently than other children. Kids with ADHD brains develops about 3 years later than kids without ADHD. (Karidis, 2015). Although some may argue that medication is necessary to control the symptoms of ADHD, but the drugs for treating ADHD aren't helpful and cause problems and there are many other ways to treat ADHD, children are being overmedicated for ADHD While there are many reasons why kids with ADHD are getting over medicated , some may argue that medication is necessary for children with ADHD because it helps children improve. Sanford Newmark and Harold S. Koplewicz say medication really is the solution for ADHD. “There is no question that ADHD is a real disease that can have serious consequences. It is also true that medications can be of great …show more content…
Imagine if you had a kid with ADHD and they were getting medicated with drugs. Which you had no idea what these drugs could end up doing to your kid in the future. What if your doctor wasn't responsible or didn't know enough about the drug he was giving to your kid and wasn't aware of what they drug would end up doing to them. These drugs could mess up or even end your child's life right in front of your
There are more than four million children in the United States with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD (Carey, 2016) who need to be medicated, but medication doesn't help, these kids can use different ways to treat their ADHD. Kids with ADHD aren't just immature. To be diagnosed with ADHD they must clearly be outside of range with other kids their age. They must seriously impaired these kids who are distressed, not because of bad parenting or poor teaching but because their brains work differently than other children. Kids with ADHD brains develops about 3 years later than kids without ADHD. (Karidis, 2015). Although some may argue that medication is necessary to control the symptoms of ADHD, but the drugs for treating ADHD aren't helpful and cause problems and there are many other ways to treat ADHD, children are being overmedicated for ADHD While there are many reasons why kids with ADHD are getting over medicated , some may argue that medication is necessary for children with ADHD because it helps children improve. Sanford Newmark and Harold S. Koplewicz say medication really is the solution for ADHD. “There is no question that ADHD is a real disease that can have serious consequences. It is also true that medications can be of great …show more content…
Imagine if you had a kid with ADHD and they were getting medicated with drugs. Which you had no idea what these drugs could end up doing to your kid in the future. What if your doctor wasn't responsible or didn't know enough about the drug he was giving to your kid and wasn't aware of what they drug would end up doing to them. These drugs could mess up or even end your child's life right in front of your